Intro (piano arr. for guitar [2X; continue into verse])
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm Cv v v v v v v v
-1-------1-0-----|-------1---------
-1-----1---1--1h3|-----3---3-3-5-5-
-2---2-----2---3-|---3-----3-3-5-5-
-3-3-------3---3-|---------5-5-5-5-
-----------0---1-|-------------3-3-
-1---------------|---------3-3-----
Verse 1:
F Fmaj7/A Bb GmWell I know it sounds funny
But I'm not in it for the money, no
C F Fmaj7/A Bb GmI don't need no reputation
C F Fmaj7/A Bb GmAnd I'm not in it for the show
[band enters]
ChorusC F Fmaj7/A Bb GmI just want a hit record, yeah
C F Fmaj7/A Bb GmWanna hear it on the radio
Want a big hit record, yeah
C F Fmaj7/A BbOne that everybody's got to know
Post-chorus:
C Eb/Bb BbWell if the program director don't pull it
C Eb/Bb BbIt's time to get back the bullet
So bring the group down to the station
Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb BbYou're gonna be an overnight sensation
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7/G G#maj9Bb-D-Eb-G A-Bb-D-F G-Bb-D-Eb C-Eb-G-Bb <- r.h. keyboard voicings
[guitar solo over intro chord progression, 1X]
Verse 2:
I've been tryin' to write the lyric
Non-offensive but satiric too
And if you put it in the A-slot
It's just got to make a mint for you
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus w/sax solo until "overnight sensation"]
Bridge:
I fit those words to a good melody
F#/C# C# F#/C# C#Amazing how success has been ignoring me
C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb CbSo long
I use my bread making demos all day
F#/C# C# F#/C# C#Writing in the night while in my head I hear
C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb CbThe record play
Hear it play
Coda:
[through radio]:
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm CHit record, yeah
Wanna hit record, yeah
[band fades in]
Wanna hit record, yeah [9X; drums enter 3rd time]
(4,6,8: number one)
[band drops out]
[piano/vocal improvisation intro chords, 6X (fade 3rd time)]
[2-bar drum fill w/overdubbed firecrackers]
[band re-enters]
F Fmaj7/A Bb Gm CWanna hit record, yeah [repeat to fade]
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